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keep your ears down, your eyes open and your ego in check you should be fine.
A classic example this month ...
Fly 500 miles for a confirmed 10am meeting to do an inspection , wait 4 hours in this officers waiting room , when he arrives he decides to be difficult and says although he knows we have permission and clearance etc the official letter hasn't arrived on his desk , get on the plane and fly home.
I know a lot of foreigners would probably explode in that situation , it happens regularly.
When I did my first project in Indonesia I flew all the way from Sydney to Jakarta for a confirmed meeting and the guy made me wait 3 DAYS (I sat in his waiting room during office hours not back in the hotel) to try and get me angry and make the project fail but I sat there patiently and eventually got to see him.